Lee Ann Ruby
REALTOR®, Associate Broker.
News and Information about the Local Real Estate Market
How's the Market - 3rd Quarter 2025.
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Current facts regarding commissions - click here for the factsheet
- Commissions are NOT gone or going away.
- Sellers can continue to offer compensation for buyer broker services and are negotiated in the Purchase Agreement.
- Sellers offering compensation to buyer brokers will have the greatest buyer pool and the greatest number of buyers able to purchase their home.
- Commissions have and will continue to be negotiable.
- The majority of consumers need the expertise of a Realtor. This is one of the biggest purchases most will make.
- Being represented by a Realtor has always been a choice. Would you be your own heart surgeon?
This is a great read: "Now is the time to Buy" (Entrepreneur.com Oct 2023)
- Absolutely agree. Yes it's hard to wrap your mind around the rates we are seeing today but when they drop (and they will) the buying frenzy will return.
- You can always refi when they drop but you will have "won" the house.
- Those who passed up the mid 5% rates last year bc they thought they were high might be rethinking that decision.
- It's hard to chase the market. I'm here if you want to talk about the market!
Richmond is a TOP destination for living and playing
- Richmond is a top place to Live & Retire (US News & World Report)
- Richmond makes Forbes.com's '10 coolest places to visit in 2018
- 2016 was award winning for the RVA
- Richmond is the nation's fourth hottest housing market in 2016 (Jan 2016)
- Travel & Leisure ranks Richmond in top 3 of best places to Tavel in the world in 2016
School News
- University of Richmond campus named most beautiful (RTD Aug 17 2023)
- University of Richmond ranked top 20 by US News & World Report (Sept 2022)
- Nuckols Farm Elementary named National Blue Ribbon School for the 2nd time (HCPS Sept 16 2022)
- Midlothain HS Named National Blue Ribbon School - (RTD Sept 27, 2019)
- Deep Run High named National Blue Ribbon School - October 2018
- 3 Richmond area high schools among states best - April 2017
- America's Best High Schools: The VA List (Newsweek)
Remodeling Cost vs. Value: Less Is More
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Lee Ann Ruby
Office: (804) 747-7653
Cell: (804) 651-9281
Toll Free: (877) 627-4379
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West End Office
Main Phone: (804) 747-7653
100 Eastshore Drive
Suite 105
Glen Allen, VA 23059
100 Eastshore Drive
Suite 105
Glen Allen, VA 23059
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